Transcribing from NVivo

You can send any audio or video files that you have imported into NVivo directly to NVivo Transcription and return the transcripts—correctly associated with the media files—back into NVivo.

NOTE If you are using NVivo Version 12 or an earlier version and you are unable to transcribe within NVivo, follow the steps in the Import transcripts into NVivo manually section.

To use NVivo Transcription from NVivo you must have a myLumivero account with a Transcription subscription or credits myLumivero . You must log into NVivo with this account before using Transcription—the account is automatically used to log into Transcription.

Transcribe from NVivo

Follow directions in the NVivo Help topic for the version of NVivo you are using:

Import transcripts into NVivo manually

NVivo users with NVivo 11 or earlier, or who have NVivo Version 12 can still use NVivo Transcription to transcribe audio and video files for NVivo projects.

To transcribe a media file and import it and the transcript into NVivo:

  1. Upload and transcribe the media file on the Transcription website in the usual way Workflow.
  2. Edit the transcript in the web app to add speakers' names and make corrections.
  3. Export the transcript as a text file (.txt, for NVivo Windows or Mac) or Word document (.docx, for NVivo Windows only).
  4. Open NVivo and import the media file.
  5. Open the media file in NVivo, turn on Edit then import the transcript file, following instructions in the appropriate NVivo Help topic below.